A world of steamed-up kitchen windows against a frosty backdrop, delicious Danish pastries, crusty dense breads and creamy layer cakes is summoned up in Trine Hahnemann's spectacularly beautiful new book, Scandinavian Baking. Cakes abound, with every kind of Danish pastry you could ever wish for, a cookie for every occasion, mouthwatering layer cakes, coffee cakes, cream buns plus snippets of baking history, so you can learn all you need to know about Scandinavian baking. Divided into two main sections on cakes and breads, sandwiched between features on Midsummer and Christmas, this is the ultimate compendium on authentic Scandinavian baking with a modern twist.

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Format: Hardcover
Publication: October 2015ISBN: 9781849496650
Trine Hahnemann is a Danish chef and food writer and the leading expert on Scandinavian food and baking. She grew up in a hippie commune in Denmark, where she first fell in love with cooking and—especially—baking. She has written five cookbooks in her native Denmark and also three in English: The Scandinavian Cookbook (2008), The Nordic Diet (2009), and Scandinavian Christmas (2012), all published by Quadrille. She writes for the American website www.zesterdaily.com, and appears regularly in magazines and newspapers in America and Britain, as well as back home. Trine lives in Copenhagen with her husband.